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News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 259
Getting into CAR, When so Many Want to Get Out
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 04 (IPS) - In a country suffering from what the U.N. has called "ethno-religious cleansing", a "disappeared" state structure and "unacceptable sectarian brutality," gaining access to the population of the Central African Republic has proven a difficult and sometimes deadly task for humanitarian workers.
Misgivings Rise Over Afghan Poll
- Inter Press Service
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Apr 04 (IPS) - "If Abdullah will become president, the will of Afghan people will be respected. Otherwise – especially if Zalmai Rassoul will be indicated as the winner – a new conflict will start and our country will become more insecure." The remark by Abdullah Abdullah supporter Qazi Sadullah Abu Aman is typical of uncertainties and accusations rising as election day draws close on Saturday.
Truman Was Less “Pro-Israel” than Commonly Known, New Book Says
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - With U.S.-mediated Israel-Palestinian peace talks once again dangling over the abyss, a new book has kicked up controversy over the roots of U.S. policy toward Israelis and Palestinians.
Philippines Fights Chinese Muscle With Law
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Apr 02 (IPS) - After a year of futile diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the South China Sea disputes, the Philippines has risked permanent estrangement with China by pressing ahead with an unprecedented arbitration case before a United Nations court at The Hague, while ironing out a new security pact with the U.S.
Afghans Set to Vote Along Ethnic Lines
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Apr 02 (IPS) - Ethnicities will be to the fore in the Afghan elections due Saturday this week, even though some promise appears that the young are beginning to break away from such loyalties.
Exploring the Path Towards a Nuclear-free World
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Mar 29 (IPS) - This past February, the Second Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons was held in Nayarit, Mexico, as a follow-up to the first such conference held last year in Oslo, Norway. The conclusion reached by this conference, on the basis of scientific research, was that "no State or international organisation has the capacity to address or provide the short and long term humanitarian assistance and protection needed in case of a nuclear weapon explosion."
Fighting Now Brings Disease
- Inter Press Service
DAMASCUS, Mar 29 (IPS) - For just that moment, the refugees in Yarmouk camp in Damascus made news. After months of facing starvation and death in the shadows of the Syrian civil war came packets of food and aid in January - with cameras in tow.
Sahel Food Crisis Overshadowed by Regional Conflict
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Mar 28 (IPS) - Still not enough is being done to improve the food emergency in Africa's Sahel Region as conflict and instability continue to exacerbate any response towards improving the situation where one in eight people suffer from food insecurity.
To Spy To Live
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 28 (IPS) - "If you want to live and receive medical treatment, you have my number, so you can call me and agree to my request. You will then get medical help, and survive." The request, the patient said, was from an Israeli intelligence officer looking to recruit him in exchange for treatment.
Non-Nuclear Ukraine Haunts Security Summit in The Hague
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) - The two-day, much-ballyhooed Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in the Netherlands, which concluded Tuesday, was politically haunted by the upheaval in Ukraine - the former Soviet republic that renounced some 1,800 of its nuclear weapons in one of the world's most successful disarmament exercises back in 1994.
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